Frank Murphy (architect)

Born in Cork, he was active mainly in the 1950s and 1960s, and his works include a number of modernist structures.

[4] Murphy was influenced by both Scandinavian and American architecture,[5] and his work featured complex surfaces as well as curtain wall facades.

While the former is particularly present in his storefront designs, the latter international style is reflected in projects such as Thompson's Bakery and the Cork Distillers Company Bottling plant.

Murphy's work include churches, factories, offices, housing and shopfronts, some of which employ varied and sometimes "eccentric" material palettes.

In 1975, during the European Architectural Heritage Year, he was awarded the European Award for Architecture, the Europa Nostra Medal, by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland for his restoration of Skiddy's Almshouse.